Atle Dyregrov

Supporting Traumatized Children and Teenagers

A Guide to Providing Understanding and Help

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Trauma can result from a range of experiences from bullying to witnessing violence to living through war. This book explores the different reactions children may experience, and the impact trauma can have. Appropriate and effective ways of helping children after a traumatic event are outlined, and different types of therapy are discussed.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. Juli 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 224mm x 150mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781849050340
• ISBN-10: 1849050341
• Artikelnr.: 28896020

Autorenporträt

Dr Atle Dyregrov is a clinical psychologist and Director of the Center for Crisis Psychology in Bergen, Norway, which he founded with a colleague in 1988. He is a member of the executive board of The Children and War Foundation and a founding member of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies. Dr Dyregrov is the author of numerous publications, journal articles, and books.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface. 1. What is trauma? 2. Children's reactions during and after
traumatic events. 3. Some important aspects of trauma. 4. Girls and boys -
alike or different? 5. The significance of friends following a trauma. 6.
What promotes risk and what protects? 7. Help for Children after Traumas.
8. Groups for children following trauma. 9. Post-traumatic therapy 10.
Traumas and the school. 11. Being a helper. Conclusion. Appendix 1
Post-Traumatic Problems Help for Preschool and Early School-Age Children
(4-7 years) Appendix 2 Post-Traumatic Problems Help for School-Age
Children. Index.